Itch.io has released a game bundle in support of Ukranie

The bundle contains NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT GAMES, they run in Windows, Mac, Linux, and in browsers. The bundle includes physical games (print and play), computer games, game assets (graphics, tiles, etc.), soundtracks, tools, comics, and books.

In other words, LOTS of stuff!

The original goal was to raise (cue Dr. Evil voice) ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

The current goal is now at SIX MILLION DOLLARS, and they've raised 5.355 MILLION as of this post!

The campaign ends in three days as of me writing this.

Obviously I can't go into any real detail about what all is in the campaign, there's just too much in it. A minimum donation of $10 gets you everything. The average contribution has been $14, the biggest has been $9,000!

https://itch.io/b/1316/bundle-for-ukraine

A question for my computer geek friends

I'm having the weirdest thing happen with a particular backup device for my Mac, and I don't think it's Mac specific, so bear with me if you're a PC or *nix person.

I'm backing up four Macs, an iMac and three laptops. I have two backup drives, an 8 TB and a USB hard drive dock that I plug a 5 TB bare drive in to. And that dock has been absolutely fine since I got it.

So far, so good.

The issue started in January. For reasons that are too tedious to go in to, I had to upgrade my iMac from an old Mac OS to the latest, Monterrey. At that point something happened and every time I plug in the dock, the computer freaks out and loses Bluetooth connectivity with the keyboard and trackpad!

Weird, eh?!

That same dock works fine with the other three laptops. And the 8 TB works fine with all four computers.

Now, a friend of mine, when he does OS upgrades - not updates - always disconnects his Time Machine backup drives as he's had some terrible problems in the past. And that's what I did when I did my Monterrey install. He's had the backup drive corrupt on him, and I wanted to make sure I had a solid fallback point. And now that drive is inaccessible.

The iMac itself is a 2015 27" 5K iMac, and is exhibiting display problems. Very rarely, but on at least two occasions in the last year or so. And it's clearly out of warranty. It behaves if I plug in an external monitor, so it should have some life left in it yet. Still, that does demonstrate that there is something slightly wrong inside, and if one thing is wrong, there could be more than one thing wrong.

I'm not too worried about the contents of the 5 TB bare drive as the backup is now refreshed on the 8 TB drive. I'm just curious what people's thoughts might be. But basically, if I plug in the 5 TB drive and dock, I'm looking at a power switch power-off situation. Which really sucks.

Thoughts?

Julian Assange loses right to appeal extradition to the USA

From the Cnet article: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's attempt to appeal extradition was denied by the UK's Supreme Court on Monday. Assange was initially granted the right to petition the court in late January.

The UK's highest court denied Assange's bid because "the application does not raise an arguable point of law," according to a statement released by the court."

He still has one shot left, which I doubt will work. Again, from the article, quoting Reuters: "Interior Minister Priti Patel must now ratify the extradition decision, which Assange can then challenge via judicial review, according to Reuters."

I am not a fan of Assange, I think he's a bomb-throwing anarchist who delights in watching things burn. Or once did, his attitude may have adjusted a bit as things are looking much more grim for him. But I just have to say WTF to this. He is not an American citizen. He was not in America when he received this information, he was not in America when he published it. This just strikes me as our government continuing to flail about saying "Our feelings are hurt because he showed that we did some really ugly stuff! WHAAAAAA!!!!"

If he did this while on American territory, fine. Charge him. If he were an American citizen doing this on a foreign territory - and he set foot on American territory and were arrested, fine. You have a legal basis for the charge. Otherwise, the basis for charging him seems flimsier than tissue paper. In a rain storm.

https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-denied-permission-to-appeal-extradition/